Should the Council Look Like the City?

Birmingham is now over 52% minority ethnic. That means white Brummies are, by the numbers, the minority.

So here’s the awkward question: does the workforce at Birmingham City Council reflect that? Or perhaps more pointedly — should it?

I haven’t seen the latest internal HR breakdown, but I’d bet the workforce is still majority white — probably by a fair margin. Some say that’s unfair. They argue the people working for the city should reflect the people livi…